{"id":13389,"date":"2021-11-02T13:17:46","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T11:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=13389"},"modified":"2021-11-02T13:17:47","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T11:17:47","slug":"sprite-fright-open-movie-blender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2021\/11\/02\/sprite-fright-open-movie-blender\/","title":{"rendered":"Sprite Fright Open Movie &#8211; Blender"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/blender_logo_socket-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"92\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/blender_logo_socket-1.jpg?resize=300%2C92&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9886\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Today we proudly present Blender\u2019s 13th Open Movie, produced by Blender Studio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sprite Fright - Blender Open Movie\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_cMxraX_5RE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_cMxraX_5RE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sprite Fright<\/a>\u00a0is an 80\u2019s-inspired horror comedy, set in Britain:\u00a0<em>When a group of rowdy teenagers trek into an isolated forest, they discover peaceful mushroom creatures that turn out to be an unexpected force of nature.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As with previous Open Movies, Sprite Fright challenged Blender\u2019s development team to create new technical capabilities within a production environment. This time the main focus was on pipeline development; on tools and systems to help artists to collaborate and work more efficiently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Focus was also placed on storytelling, by involving former Pixar story supervisor\u00a0Matthew Luhn\u00a0as director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/SpriteFright-CharacterLineup.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"251\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/SpriteFright-CharacterLineup.jpg?resize=600%2C251&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/SpriteFright-CharacterLineup.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/SpriteFright-CharacterLineup.jpg?resize=300%2C126&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Characters lineup<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/SpriteFright-ForestCreatures.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"251\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/SpriteFright-ForestCreatures.jpg?resize=600%2C251&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/SpriteFright-ForestCreatures.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/SpriteFright-ForestCreatures.jpg?resize=300%2C126&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Forest Creatures Lineup<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As for all previous Blender Studio shorts, production files, assets, breakdowns and training are available on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/studio.blender.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blender Studio<\/a>\u00a0website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Written and Directed by&nbsp;<strong>Matthew Luhn<\/strong><br \/>Co-Director&nbsp;<strong>Hjalti Hj\u00e1lmarsson<\/strong><br \/>Art Director&nbsp;<strong>Andy Goralczyk<\/strong><br \/>Production Design&nbsp;<strong>Ricky Nierva<\/strong><br \/>Produced By&nbsp;<strong>Francesco Siddi<\/strong><br \/>Executive Producer&nbsp;<strong>Ton Roosendaal<\/strong><br \/>Score By&nbsp;<strong>Ben J. Lee<\/strong><br \/>Songs By&nbsp;<strong>David Drury and Phil Peterson<\/strong><br \/>Animation Lead&nbsp;<strong>Rik Schutte<\/strong><br \/>Sound Design&nbsp;<strong>Sander Houtman<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Made by Blender Studio.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/studio.blender.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/studio.blender.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we proudly present Blender\u2019s 13th Open Movie, produced by Blender Studio. Sprite Fright\u00a0is an 80\u2019s-inspired horror comedy, set in Britain:\u00a0When a group of rowdy teenagers trek into an isolated forest, they discover peaceful mushroom creatures that turn out to be an unexpected force of nature. As with previous Open Movies, Sprite Fright challenged Blender\u2019s&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2021\/11\/02\/sprite-fright-open-movie-blender\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sprite Fright Open Movie &#8211; Blender<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[228],"class_list":["post-13389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-film","tag-blender","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13389\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}